Setting the Context

Setting the Context

Exploring Requirements, Quality Before Design, Gause & Weinberg

Group Exercise – Project Kickoffs

In groups of approximately 4, answer…

• How do your projects start?
• What involvement do you have?
• What works?
• What could be improved?

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Class Exercise – Project Kickoff

What are your experiences with starting projects?

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Where do you get started?

Context Free Questions

• Determine the global characteristics
• Set the stage for further exploration

Categories

• Process questions
• Product questions
• Meta questions

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Group Exercise – Context Free Questions

We will work in groups of 4…

• Review your handed out project
• Assign each role card to 1 member of the group
• Evaluate the context free questions
• Discuss questions that seem appropriate for your project
• Minimally record your conversation, capturing only “ah-ha’s”

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Class Exercise – Context Free Questions

What was your experience using the context free questions?